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Friedman Industries Inc. short interest

156K shares of Friedman Industries were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the middle of its range over the last year (94K to 191K). Short sellers would need 4.3 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short156Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-1.5%+66% over a year
Days to cover4.31at 36K shares a day
Of shares in issue2.16%shares short over shares outstanding
New to this? How to read this page
  1. Short interest is the number of shares investors have borrowed and sold, betting the price will fall, and not yet bought back.
  2. Days to cover is shares short over an average day's trading: how many days it would take short sellers to buy them all back. Above 5 or so is high.
  3. Rising short interest says more investors are betting against the stock. A crowded short can also rise fast if shorts rush to buy back.
  4. Brokers report it twice a month to FINRA, about ten days after each settlement date.
  5. What is short interest?

Short interest, days to cover and the price

Short interest is near the middle of its range over the last year (94K to 191K), and the share price moved +106% over the last year.

Shares sold shortDays to coverShare price

Three charts on one timeline. Top: shares sold short at each settlement. Middle: days to cover, taller meaning shorts would need longer to buy back. Bottom: the share price, so you can see whether shorts added as the price fell or rose.

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    Every settlement since 29 Dec 2017 as a table
    SettlementShares shortChangeAverage daily volumeDays to cover
    15 October 2026156K-1.5%36K4.31
    30 September 2026158K+7.5%56K2.80
    15 September 2026147K+10.9%63K2.34
    31 August 2026133K-1.4%67K1.98
    14 August 2026135K+20.5%113K1.19
    31 July 2026112K-19.6%66K1.68
    15 July 2026139K+8.6%125K1.11
    30 June 2026128K-7.3%99K1.30
    15 June 2026138K-4.5%68K2.04
    29 May 2026145K-15.9%30K4.85
    15 May 2026172K-9.8%31K5.50
    30 April 2026191K+3.0%27K7.09
    15 April 2026185K+9.2%26K7.02
    31 March 2026169K+0.2%31K5.46
    13 March 2026169K+16.3%28K5.94
    27 February 2026145K+6.5%28K5.11
    13 February 2026137K+15.3%25K5.39
    30 January 2026118K-4.4%14K8.29
    15 January 2026124K+8.7%13K9.54
    31 December 2025114K-0.7%15K7.47
    15 December 2025115K+10.0%26K4.47
    28 November 2025104K-25.9%22K4.84
    14 November 2025141K+34.8%24K5.80
    31 October 2025104K+11.2%11K9.17
    15 October 202594K-31.9%16K6.04
    30 September 2025138K-3.2%29K4.77
    15 September 2025143K-5.4%32K4.48
    29 August 2025151K+0.4%30K5.02
    15 August 2025150K-12.1%28K5.28
    31 July 2025171K-0.4%18K9.31
    15 July 2025171K-1.2%18K9.30
    30 June 2025173K+541.2%99K1.75
    13 June 202527K+93.9%23K1.20
    30 May 202514K-32.1%12K1.21
    15 May 202521K-17.4%19K1.09
    30 April 202525K+3.1%20K1.24
    15 April 202524K-0.0%28K1.00
    31 March 202524K+20.7%16K1.51
    14 March 202520K-33.2%17K1.17
    28 February 202530K-33.8%13K2.28
    14 February 202545K+326.8%20K2.29
    31 January 202511K-28.8%18K1.00
    15 January 202515K+48.0%9K1.66
    31 December 202410K+7.4%8K1.33
    13 December 20249K+131.7%14K1.00
    29 November 20244K-19.4%11K1.00
    15 November 20245K-38.0%10K1.00
    31 October 20248K-2.8%11K1.00
    15 October 20248K-26.9%9K1.00
    30 September 202411K+94.7%16K1.00
    13 September 20246K-0.2%11K1.00
    30 August 20246K-3.9%10K1.00
    15 August 20246K-42.1%28K1.00
    31 July 202411K-0.1%20K1.00
    15 July 202411K+28.4%24K1.00
    28 June 20248K-2.4%28K1.00
    14 June 20248K-21.4%21K1.00
    31 May 202411K+6.4%12K1.00
    15 May 202410K-34.1%10K1.00
    30 April 202415K+16.7%14K1.07
    15 April 202413K+9.9%18K1.00
    28 March 202412K+0.4%25K1.00
    15 March 202412K+9.3%12K1.00
    29 February 202411K-28.1%20K1.00
    15 February 202415K+27.6%27K1.00
    31 January 202412K-7.1%21K1.00
    12 January 202413K-17.6%21K1.00
    29 December 202315K-18.6%38K1.00
    15 December 202319K+104.5%19K1.01
    30 November 20239K-41.6%13K1.00
    15 November 202316K+175.9%15K1.05
    31 October 20236K-21.7%34K1.00
    13 October 20237K-10.4%11K1.00
    29 September 20238K-48.2%30K1.00
    15 September 202316K+13.3%35K1.00
    31 August 202314K-28.4%26K1.00
    15 August 202320K-21.5%39K1.00
    31 July 202325K+101.1%61K1.00
    14 July 202312K+606.8%26K1.00
    30 June 20232K+12.0%24K1.00
    15 June 20232K-15.6%11K1.00
    31 May 20232K-12.3%10K1.00
    15 May 20232K-36.5%9K1.00
    28 April 20233K+23.6%8K1.00
    14 April 20233K-11.5%6K1.00
    31 March 20233K-37.0%14K1.00
    15 March 20235K-0.2%52K1.00
    28 February 20235K+9.4%31K1.00
    15 February 20234K-29.8%29K1.00
    31 January 20236K-18.6%27K1.00
    13 January 20238K-2.0%22K1.00
    30 December 20228K+6.4%20K1.00
    15 December 20227K-12.9%25K1.00
    30 November 20229K+19.9%9K1.00
    15 November 20227K-60.7%16K1.00
    31 October 202218K+25.2%27K1.00
    14 October 202214K-22.0%25K1.00
    30 September 202219K+85.9%25K1.00
    15 September 202210K-26.9%31K1.00
    31 August 202214K-26.7%10K1.30
    15 August 202219K-8.9%27K1.00
    29 July 202220K+143.5%35K1.00
    15 July 20228K-32.3%29K1.00
    30 June 202212K-2.9%14K1.00
    15 June 202213K-1.7%9K1.40
    31 May 202213K-13.9%6K2.07
    13 May 202215K-17.5%19K1.00
    29 April 202218K+32.7%14K1.32
    14 April 202214K+24.9%12K1.18
    31 March 202211K-69.9%17K1.00
    15 March 202237K+42.3%31K1.19
    28 February 202226K+93.5%114K1.00
    15 February 202213K-33.2%51K1.00
    31 January 202220K-33.9%23K1.00
    14 January 202230K-16.0%24K1.24
    31 December 202136K-4.9%28K1.27
    15 December 202138K-0.7%26K1.47
    30 November 202138K-13.1%37K1.04
    15 November 202144K-7.0%23K1.91
    29 October 202147K-12.0%26K1.80
    15 October 202153K-11.0%18K2.94
    30 September 202160K-6.6%14K4.27
    15 September 202164K+26.9%22K2.92
    31 August 202151K-5.2%90K1.00
    13 August 202153K-1.2%22K2.42
    30 July 202154K-14.2%34K1.60
    15 July 202163K-22.5%95K1.00
    30 June 202181K+68.5%130K1.00
    15 June 202148K+47.4%79K1.00
    28 May 202133K+0.2%149K1.00
    14 May 202133K+319.5%94K1.00
    30 April 20218K+191.9%18K1.00
    15 April 20213K-81.0%13K1.00
    31 March 202114K+197.7%24K1.00
    15 March 20215K-67.1%27K1.00
    26 February 202114K+405.3%71K1.00
    12 February 20213K-11.6%16K1.00
    29 January 20213K-5.2%11K1.00
    15 January 20213K+56.7%21K1.00
    31 December 20202K+977.6%10K1.00
    15 December 2020201-81.3%22K1.00
    30 November 20201K-15.6%15K1.00
    13 November 20201K-29.6%5K1.00
    30 October 20202K+29.5%4K1.00
    15 October 20201K-75.1%6K1.00
    30 September 20206K-30.1%15K1.00
    15 September 20208K+65.9%11K1.00
    31 August 20205K+51.4%24K1.00
    14 August 20203K-50.3%7K1.00
    31 July 20206K+41.4%4K1.51
    15 July 20205K-44.0%11K1.00
    30 June 20208K+2.1%8K1.03
    15 June 20208K+101.2%16K1.00
    29 May 20204K-34.0%8K1.00
    15 May 20206K-14.7%6K1.01
    30 April 20207K-8.5%20K1.00
    15 April 20208K-46.6%5K1.58
    31 March 202014K+7.8%11K1.27
    13 March 202013K+70.6%8K1.64
    28 February 20208K+115.6%9K1.00
    14 February 20204K-17.8%9K1.00
    31 January 20204K-41.9%10K1.00
    15 January 20208K-2.9%10K1.00
    31 December 20198K+15.0%11K1.00
    13 December 20197K-13.4%6K1.05
    29 November 20198K+228.6%15K1.00
    15 November 20192K+14.9%16K1.00
    31 October 20192K-61.9%9K1.00
    15 October 20195K-21.6%5K1.12
    30 September 20197K+16.0%10K1.00
    13 September 20196K-15.4%4K1.48
    30 August 20197K+1.0%11K1.00
    15 August 20197K+137.4%9K1.00
    31 July 20193K-6.7%7K1.00
    15 July 20193K-78.9%21K1.00
    28 June 201915K+90.4%12K1.22
    14 June 20198K-67.4%17K1.00
    31 May 201924K+3.2%12K2.04
    15 May 201924K-5.8%7K3.16
    30 April 201925K-20.4%11K2.34
    15 April 201931K-5.0%10K3.20
    29 March 201933K-11.2%15K2.21
    15 March 201937K+10.9%23K1.63
    28 February 201934K-32.1%30K1.11
    15 February 201949K-2.8%25K1.95
    31 January 201951K+0.4%16K3.27
    15 January 201951K+10.0%16K3.15
    31 December 201846K+16.2%16K2.90
    14 December 201840K+24.3%12K3.32
    30 November 201832K+709.6%26K1.21
    15 November 20184K-33.4%26K1.00
    31 October 20186K-53.7%19K1.00
    15 October 201813K+162.5%23K1.00
    28 September 20185K-8.6%52K1.00
    14 September 20185K-32.9%60K1.00
    31 August 20188K-60.9%56K1.00
    15 August 201820K+25.6%78K1.00
    31 July 201816K+4.1%89K1.00
    13 July 201816K-13.8%129K1.00
    29 June 201818K+72.1%73K1.00
    15 June 201810K+0.8%14K1.00
    31 May 201810K-19.7%4K2.58
    15 May 201813K-20.7%4K2.90
    30 April 201816K+53.3%7K2.44
    13 April 201811K-28.0%14K1.00
    29 March 201815K-19.5%18K1.00
    15 March 201818K+50.7%30K1.00
    28 February 201812K+8.5%15K1.00
    15 February 201811K-7.3%28K1.00
    31 January 201812K+17.6%12K1.05
    12 January 201810K-24.8%13K1.00
    29 December 201714K20K1.00
    Shares in millions (M) or thousands (K); hold the pointer on a figure for the exact count. FINRA publishes consolidated short interest twice a month, about ten days after each settlement.